New Earth-like planet discovered

Yeah that's right, Puck.

Isn't that the planet bottom?

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Youll need more than one tickets thats at least 2 generations away

If we ever got M/AM bombs working we could push an Orion type drive up to around 30-50% of the Speed of Light. 40 years isn't so bad.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Isn't that the planet bottom?

See, now this is what happens when I try to be clever!

Yes, that's the planet Bottom.

I wonder if there IS a planet Bottom...well...other than Uranus.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I wonder if there IS a planet Bottom...well...other than Uranus.

The rule is: you find it you name it.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

The rule is: you find it you name it.

I'm ready!

[UnderseaLcpl]

Nobody has said it, so I guess I'll say it; this planet, if it is habitable, is twenty light-years away. With current propulsion technology, it might as well be a billion light-years away. Even if the planet was made of solid gold, there would be absolutely no reason to go there. The cost of the trip would never be recouped.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Nobody has said it, so I guess I'll say it; this planet, if it is habitable, is twenty light-years away. With current propulsion technology, it might as well be a billion light-years away. Even if the planet was made of solid gold, there would be absolutely no reason to go there. The cost of the trip would never be recouped.

The cost of building a ship capable of getting there in 200 years would be about 6% of the US's GNP (900 Billion Dollars) which equals about 128 dollars per human on Earth, or 3,000 dollars per American which is slightly more the US spends on its military per captia.